Improvement in bee-hives



H. HARVEY.

Improvement in Bee-Hives..

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l pended comb-frames with the other parts of the hive, so that the upper sections havi ng; the pure H. HARVEY, OF'MERIDEN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-Hlves.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,849, dated June 13, 1871.'

To all uhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. HARVEY, of Meriden,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bee- Hives; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to malte and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a. vertical section of my invention taken in the line w of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofthe same takenin the line y y, Fig. 1.

Sini il ar letters ofre'erenee indicatelilze parts.

The invention relates to bee-hives; and consists in combining` sectional and vertically-sushoney thereon may be lifted, detached, and replaced without changing' the boxes.

In the aeeompanyin g drawing', A represents the body or box of the hive, which is of quadrilateral form, und is provided With comb-frames B, suspended in the hive in any proper manner. These comb-frames may be ot' the usual recta-u guiar form, and they are constructed each of two equal parts, a a., connected together at their front und rear ends by strips b of tin or thin sheet metal, one end of which is tacked to the upper and the other to the lower parts of the frames. (See more particularly Fig.' l.) 0n the top ot' thet'ranies B alid, U, is placed loosely, so that it muy be readily raised or lifted-when required; and one side ofthe box A above the comb-frames is made detachable, or like a door, D, so that it may be removed, the lid C raised and taken out of the box, and then any desired number of the comb-frames may be raised, and the upper parts, which are filled with honey, detached, and empty corresponding parts atf tached in their place. These frames may then be readjusted in proper position, the lid C replaced, and the door l) fitted to the box.

The upper parts of comb-frames generally contain pure honey, and consequently by my improvement honey may be taken directly from the hive, and spare honey-boxes dispensed-wi th, whichis ematerial advantage, as bees will make morehon ey in the hive-that is to say, a greater quantity oi'surpl us honey maybe obtained from within the hive than can be obtained by the ap- Aplicati on of spare honey-boxes, as bees have a greater propensity to work and replace honey taken from the hive than to Work in spare honey-boxes above the comb-frames.

The lid or top E of the hive is held in place by hooks and eyes c, or other suitable fastenings, und this lid or top, when the door D is taken out, is unhooked and removed, and the frames B may then be lifted entirely out of the hive, and their upper parts a detached Without .any trouble or difficulty Whatever.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The metal strip b, combined, as described, with the double comb-frames B, for the purpose specified.

H. HARVEY.

Witnesses:

A. P. DARRoW, S. M. SHAW. 

